Jalapeño Ranch is perfect as a dressing, dip or sauce. It has a thick sour cream base, and is lightened up with fresh cilantro and lime juice and a hint of spice. This stuff is highly addictive!
If you’re looking for something milder, I highly recommend our Avocado Ranch which is loved by kids and adults. Jalapeño ranch has a kick to it and is perfect as a dip for Potato Wedges, drizzled over Shrimp Fajitas, or your favorite salad.
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Jalapeño Ranch Recipe:
Jalapeño ranch has a simple list of ingredients with amazing fresh flavor with a perfectly creamy (non gritty) consistency. It is seasoned to perfection and better than any store-bought dressing. It also keeps really well in the refrigerator for up to a week and only gets better with time as the flavors meld.
How to Make Jalapeño Ranch:
Good news! This is the easiest recipe. All you need to make it is a food processor, a good blender or magic bullet. You simply combine all of the ingredients and blend until creamy and smooth. We seed and roughly chop the jalapeno and cilantro but it really is just a blend and serve type of recipe.
Serve Jalapeño Ranch Dressing on:
- Mexican salad
- Burrito bowls
- Caesar Salad – for a twist on classic Caesar
Serve Jalapeño Ranch Dip with:
- Fresh vegetables
- Tortilla Chips
- Potato Wedges
- Quesadillas or taquitos
Drizzle as a Sauce over:
There are so many practical reasons excuses to make and consume Jalapeño Ranch. It really is lip-smacking good. Make this once and you will want a steady supply in your refrigerator.
Jalapeño Ranch Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup sour cream
- 4 Tbsp cilantro, chopped
- 1 jalapeno, Seeded and chopped (2 Tbsp)
- 2 tsp lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
Instructions
- Combine all dressing ingredients in the bowl of a food processor, blender or magic bullet and blend until creamy and smooth (about 30 seconds).
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I subbed cottage cheese for the dairy and added a sprinkle of sugar to counteract bitterness. So Fantastic! I make this for all my Mexican food dishes.
Greeting. Can I use plain yogurt rather than sour cream?
Hello there! I think that using plain Greek yogurt will be fine. Hope it becomes a hit!
I was wondering if you can add a ranch packet to this to enhance the flavors to this recipe? Maybe this would help with Melody’s situation ?
I think that would be fine! Just mix it with the other ingredients just adjust it according to taste. Hope you enjoy it!
I make this all the time and it’s always a hit! Recently my dressing comes out too thin. I added more sour cream in hopes of thickening it up but it didn’t help. Any thoughts to thicken? I use my nutribullet – perhaps I need a different blender for this recipe?
Hi Melody! Besides the lime juice, there really isn’t anything else to thin out the dressing so there’s not much you can adjust that will make a difference. Are you using a full fat sour cream? Light sour cream is thinner and more watery. You could also research online how to use xanthan gum to thicken your dressing. I hope the helps.
Just mix the ingredients in bullet but leave out 75% of the sour cream! Blend then fold the mixture into the fresh sour crem.
Are you using store brand sour cream or light? I feel like those are thinner
try blending everything except the sour cream and then whisking the sour cream in last